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Elitza Kotzeva
Elitza Kotzeva
Elitza Kotzeva Kotzeva is an Assistant Professor of English at AUA. PhD Washington State University, MA Trento and Bolzano Universities in Italy, MA Sofia University in Bulgaria
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Assistant Professor of English
College of Humanities and Social Sciences, English and Communications
https://people.aua.am/team_member/elitza-kotzeva/
PAB 131 W

EC 120 Survey of American Literature
EC 121 Survey of English Literature
EC 213 Digital Literacy and Multimodal Composition
EC 223 Shakespeare
EC 290 Research Methods
EC 299 Capstone

Office Hours: By appointment
Room: PAB 131 W

New materialist rhetoric, feminist rhetorics, feminist geography, Performance Studies, Translation Studies

My view: (Please briefly describe your view on the three concepts below)

In "The Bean-Field," Henry David Thoreau writes, "I was determined to know beans." This statement metaphorically represents my view on education: it is materially-grounded, it is relational, and it is process-oriented. The educational process, like learning how to grow beans, has also a subjective component. In my teaching, I strive to help students grow their own unique beans.
Research is what fuels the academic machine. To be productive members of the academic community and better serve our students, we all are obliged to do research.
Outreach is an important component of our jobs anywhere but even more so in Armenia. One of the pillars of AUA's mission is to connect the university with the local community. I always keep this goal in mind as I work with students, faculty, and staff.

Short Bio:

Elitza Kotzeva has a PhD in English Studies with a focus on Rhetoric from Washington State University. She holds a Certificate in Applied Literary Translation from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and graduate degrees in Slavic Languages (Czech, Slovak, and Bulgarian), Local Development, and English Literature from universities in Bulgaria, Italy, and the United States. Her research explores the intersections of material rhetorics, performance studies, feminist geography, and rhetorical ethnography. Elitza’s publications appear in journals dedicated to the study of material culture and rhetoric. She has published translations in The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Exchanges: Journal of Literary Translation, and Apofenie.